Republican Party The Republican Party-controlled U.S. House of Representatives votes to raise the government's borrowing limit for the next year, without attaching conditions, and sends the measure to the Senate for approval.
Arleigh Burke-class The Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer USS Donald Cook of the U.S. Navy arrives at a Spanish base in Rota to begin deployment with the U.S. 6th Fleet.
North Korea Talks between North Korea and the United States occur, with North and South Korea scheduled to start high-level talks tomorrow.
China The first governmental meetings occur between the People's Republic of China (China) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) after a 65-year hiatus.
Military transport plane has crashed A military transport plane has crashed in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
England The British Geological Society warns that 1.6 million properties in England and Wales are at risk from groundwater flooding with flood risks likely to be high until at least May.
Peshawar At least 11 people are killed after a grenade is thrown into a movie theatre in the city of Peshawar.
Iraq Sixteen Iraqi soldiers are killed by militants in an attack on military outposts protecting an oil pipeline in northern Iraq.